Dianne cook's Discussions

I know others have wrote of dog theft in their country's and I'm aware there have been allegations made of dogs been stollen for many reasons here in Australia!Last night we recieved an email from…Continue

I quietly read as you all wrote off and on about your setters diets. I desperately wanted to get some weight on Flame after he's surgery but knew it would take time. Ive always fed a top end kibble…Continue

I'm sitting here after a very long and tearful early morning and want to ask other ES friends what symptoms they experienced when their much loved setter had bloat? :(( I thought after much research…Continue

I'm sitting here after a very long and tearful early morning and want to ask other ES friends what symptoms they experienced when their much loved setter had bloat? :(( I thought after much research…Continue

Hi Diane, Have just seen that you are new here so wanted to say a very warm Welcome to Exclusively Setters. This is such a lovely, fun group to belong to. I also notice that you're from Australia. I am also & from Victoria too. We live in an area close to Lilydale in Melbourne.

Your 3 dogs are just gorgeous. My Irish girl Tess is almost 11 yrs. now & is absolutely the light of my life. In October 2010, we lost our lovely English girl & Tess, & us were devastated. We now have a 9 month old English Setter pup who is a very sweet & lovely girl. Must admit though, a new pup, after having two 'older' dogs is a bit of a shock to the system, but we are getting there (lol).

a pleasure to have australian friend on the site. Molly came from QLD on a Virgin Plane to Sydney airport. She was sight unseen but I would not swap her for the world. She is our third IS and I must say the best. We lived on the northern beaches for years and recently moved to Terrigal on the central coast. Sorry to say I don't particularly like it so we will try and move back next year. Molly does not do that much exercise she is such a lazy bones but when she gets going she sure makes up for it. Molly comes from a very large litter of 15 (16) I think one died anyway she is smaller than our previous IS but just a darling. So you have 3 IS? that must be great and keep you busy. Talk later

Love your photos. I had three setters at once before my 'mid-life crisis', so I've got it out of my system now! As my Flame has now entered senior citizenship, I have been thinking a bit about another puppy, maybe from working dog stock, but I'm not keen to distract myself too much with ideas about a puppy when Flame is requiring more of me. I want to fully enjoy the pleasures of an old Irish for as long as I can. Good to make your acquaintance. Best wishes, John.

Thankyou Diane, for your very kind comments on my English girl Grace. She is a real sweetheart. Has just had her 1st. birthday & is slowly progressing from a silly pup to a beautiful lady. She brings so much pleasure & happiness to our family & is always making us laugh with her silly antics. She has such a beautiful nature as of course do all our Setters.